+1 Ken LOL!
Erich Kaiser North Central Tower [email protected] Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:28 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > According to Wikipedia: > > Recognized nationwide among beer enthusiasts, National Beer Day is an > unofficial holiday in the United States celebrated every year on April 7, > and marking the day in 1933, the first day in 13 years, that people could > legally buy, sell, and drink beer. > > National Beer Day is a celebration of the Cullen–Harrison Act being signed > into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 22, 1933. Upon signing > the legislation, Roosevelt made his famous remark, "I think this would be a > good time for a beer." The law went into effect on April 7 of that year, > allowing people to buy, sell and drink beer containing up to 3.2% alcohol > by weight (or 4.05% by volume) in states that had enacted their own law > allowing such sales. People across the country responded by gathering > outside breweries, some beginning the night before. On that first day, 1.5 > million barrels of beer were consumed, inspiring the future holiday. Today, > April 7 is recognized as National Beer Day and April 6 is known as New > Beer's Eve. > >
